Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 30.09.17
13/10/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 30, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,643 1,656 458,563 8,087 2,706 - 176
Tuesday 118,818 2,404 461,905 8,333 1,861 - 189
Wednesday 118,506 2,001 456,077 6,658 1,287 - 204
Thursday 118,150 1,395 461,427 7,780 1,892 - 189
Friday 114,088 2,892 451,895 6,237 1,410 - 131
Saturday 61,446 42 238,190 30 36 - 5
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Total 647,651 10,390 2,528,057 37,125 9,192 - 894
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%Steers 51.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 17.5 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.7
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- Represents zero.
1/ Bison are not covered under the Meat Inspection Act, and therefore do not
require inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally
Inspected Plants, and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 30, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 535.4 Cattle 1,363 828
Steers 894
Heifers 821
Cows 640
Bulls 885
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 244 143
Pork 532.1 Hogs 282 211
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 307
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,071.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 30, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 647,651
Steers 334,360 51.6
Heifers 188,941 29.2
Dairy cows 59,200 9.1
Other cows 54,136 8.4
Bulls 11,014 1.7
Calves Total 10,390
Hogs Total 2,528,057
Barrows and gilts 2,461,267 97.4
Sows 57,790 2.3
Boars 9,000 0.4
Sheep Total 37,125
Mature sheep 1,987 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 35,138 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 30, 2017
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Number of head slaughtered
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Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other
of as % of Dairy Other as % of
week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle
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Monday 59,317 35,866 81.6 9,020 10,162 16.4
Tuesday 61,606 33,512 80.1 11,447 10,102 18.1
Wednesday 62,274 31,823 79.4 11,691 10,762 18.9
Thursday 61,621 32,499 79.7 11,333 10,583 18.5
Friday 59,915 32,914 81.4 11,350 8,147 17.1
Saturday 29,627 22,327 84.6 4,359 4,380 14.2
Total 334,360 188,941 80.8 59,200 54,136 17.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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